West Bolivar High School

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West Bolivar High School
Address
Map
1213 Main Street

Rosedale
,
Mississippi
38769

United States
Coordinates33°50′50″N 91°01′35″W / 33.84722°N 91.02641°W / 33.84722; -91.02641
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtWest Bolivar Consolidated School District
Grades7–12
Enrollment226 (2015–16)[1]
Color(s)     
Team nameEagles
Websitewww.wbcsdk12.org/west-bolivar-high-school-7-12/

West Bolivar High School is a senior high school in Rosedale, Mississippi, and a part of the West Bolivar Consolidated School District (formerly the West Bolivar School District).

In addition to Rosedale it serves Gunnison, Pace, and Symonds, and from 1986 to 2000 it served high school-aged residents of Benoit and Scott.[2]

History[edit]

The school, previously known as the Rosedale Consolidated School,[3] opened in 1921.[4]

In the Lum v. Rice case a Chinese student, Martha Lum, unsuccessfully tried to enroll in classes at Rosedale Consolidated in the 1920s.[5] The school became racially integrated in 1970.[4]

Beginning in 1986 Benoit School District students at the high school level did not attend Ray Brooks School (previously Nugent Center School, a.k.a. Benoit High School), which continued to serve prior grades, but instead West Bolivar High. However high school classes at Ray Brooks resumed in 2000.[6] Linda Coleman, a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Mound Bayou, stated that the costs of transporting children to West Bolivar from Benoit were too high.[7]

Previously West Bolivar HS was at 505 North Main Street.[8] In 2020 the district decided to move West Bolivar High into the West Bolivar Middle complex,[9] at 1213 South Main Street.[10] West Bolivar High School moved to Building B of West Bolivar Middle.[11] Now West Bolivar High is a unified 7-12 school.[12] at 1213 South Main Street.[13] The unified 7-12 high school occupies the former middle school building.[14]

Campus[edit]

The pre-2020 building uses a Spanish architectural style.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WEST BOLIVAR DIST HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Bolivar County, MS." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 2, 2017. Note that the Benoit and Shaw districts have since consolidated into West Bolivar. Gunnison and Pace were in the pre-merger West Bolivar School District. Symonds was too but its location is not on the 2010 map, though it is on the 2020 map: "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Bolivar County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-06-09. - Benoit and Scott (only pictured in the 2020 map) are in the former Benoit school district, which from 1986 to 2000 sent high school students to West Bolivar High.
  3. ^ a b "Location Information (for the Rosedale Consolidated School)." Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved on July 3, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "West Bolivar High School." West Bolivar Consolidated School District. Retrieved on July 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "Black History Month: Gonglum v Rice (1927)". The Royal Gazette (Bermuda). 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  6. ^ "Wilson hopes to break out the shoes'." Franklin County Times. January 10, 2002. Retrieved on July 3, 2017.
  7. ^ Wright, Megan (2012-05-12). "Bill passes to consolidate Delta county's school districts". Mississippi Business Journal. Retrieved 2017-07-03. Coleman noted that West Bolivar and Benoit combined high schools for a time in the 1990s, but said transportation costs were too high.
  8. ^ "West Bolivar High School". West Bolivar Consolidated School District. 2020-08-15. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2021-05-23. 505 North Main Street Rosedale, MS 38769
  9. ^ Benford, Kelly; Caxton, Ben (2020-03-06). "West Bolivar to Close Benoit's Ray Brooks School". Delta Daily News. Retrieved 2021-05-23. - MP3 format
  10. ^ "West Bolivar High School". West Bolivar Consolidated School District. 2020-10-28. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2021-05-23. West Bolivar High School 1213 South Main Street Rosedale, MS 38769
  11. ^ "Addendum TwoD West Bolivar Consolidated School District Renovation Projects" (PDF). 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2021-05-23. Building B – West Bolivar High School (formally Middle School), 1213 Main St, Rosedale, MS 38769 - Alternate URL
  12. ^ "West Bolivar High School 7-12". West Bolivar Consolidated School District. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  13. ^ "West Bolivar High School". West Bolivar Consolidated School District. 2020-10-28. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2021-05-23. West Bolivar High School 1213 South Main Street Rosedale, MS 38769
  14. ^ "West Bolivar High School Graduation". West Bolivar Consolidated School District. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-23. West Bolivar High School 1213 Main Street Rosedale, MS 38769

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